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In 2007 many Malaysian bloggers being sued and arrested (see here). After the general election in March 2008, government has actively show “friendliness” with bloggers, including ordering the leaders of UMNO to set up their own blogs.

Blogosphere in Malaysia has expereinced many events and changes since 2007. This is same to Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin or RPK, one of the famous bloggers in Malaysia.

RPK was held liable in a civil suit for defamation in 26 March 2008 and he was ordered by the court to pay millions compensation. See here for more details.

Just 2 days ago, on 6 May 2008, he was charged by the criminal court with sedition.

Please read the news here:

http://www.lawinfo.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/News.story/msgID/42FEB214-5A0F-4C7A-9173-72D5B24E71DF

Sedition Act 1984 prohibits any person to procure ill, hatred, contempt or disaffection feeling against the government or the Ruler.

It is, in fact, a short Act and only contains 11 provisions. Please see it here http://www.agc.gov.my/agc/oth/Akta/Vol.%201/Act%2015.pdf

You may find the FAQ of seditious law in here http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/14253  

As mentioned in my previous post, in Singapore, 2 bloggers were also charged with sedition in September 2005 for making racist remark online.

Yesterday, I was having lunch with one of my lawyer friend, he told me that he went to CIMB Bank and doanted RM10 to Raja Petra. So, have you donated?

This is the video where Raja Petra and other oppisition parties leaders were interviewed at Jln Duta Court: